️🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰 On Wednesday, Turkey's parliament approved the first clause of the Mecca Mutual Defense Agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, signed on August 7, which requires the three countries to use all necessary measures if any member's sovereignty or borders are threatened.
Hulusi Aker, Chairman of the Parliament's National Defense Committee and former Chief of Staff, said that the agreement complements and does not replace Turkey's membership in NATO, warned that "the war measures are real", and noted that any deployment of Turkish forces abroad would need parliamentary approval.